A Free Ride Helps the Hungry

The Sacramento Regional Transit District invites you to take a free ride on the RT Holiday Bus.  Hand-painted by RT employees and their families, this colorful 40-foot holiday bus will travel different routes throughout the Sacramento region until Sunday, January 2, 2011.  (For routes and dates, visit www.sacrt.com/holidaybus.stm.  For specific trip information, please call 916-321-2877.)



An RT bus "before" decorations...





...An RT bus "after" holiday decorations




Passengers will have the opportunity to deposit cash or check donations in the farebox and/or place a non-perishable food item in the special collection box on board. 

All donations will directly benefit River City Food Bank, a nonprofit organization that provides emergency food and housing assistance to over 40,000 clients in Sacramento County each year.  The River City Food Bank recently suffered major fire damage with over 8,000 pounds of food destroyed.  For more information about their organization, please call 916-446-2627 or visit www.rivercityfoodbank.org.

Inside the President's Helicopter

We're so proud of local author Jackie Boor!

This long-time supporter of the Florin Road Foundation and the Florin Road Partnership has a newly released book, Inside the President's Helicopter:  Reflections of a White House Senior Pilot by LTC Gene T. Boyer with Jackie Boor.  

Boyer was the first pilot to fly a sitting President and First Lady into a combat zone.  He recruited the first three African-American pilots to fly for the White House, one of which was his co-pilot the day President Nixon resigned.  Boyer flew in 49 states and 17 countries, racking up 6,900 hours of helicopter flight time and 368 combat hours - with no crashes!  This is an amazing memoir that gives the reader a rare insider's view of Presidents Johnson, Nixon and Ford as well as other notable passengers, including the Shah of Iran, Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, actor John Wayne, and many others.

You can meet Ms. Boor - and get the fascinating story behind the book (a 15 year endeavor!) - at her book signing on Sunday, December 12th from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm at the Avid Reader at Tower (1600 Broadway, Sacramento). 

For more information, please call 916-441-4400 or email avidreadersac@aol.com.